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    Perspectives and practices of dietitians with regards to social/mass media use during the transitions from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey in 10 Arab countries
    (Frontiers, 2023) Bookari, Khlood; Arrish, Jamila M.; Alkhalaf, Majid H.; Alharbi, Mudi; Zaher, Sara M.; Alotaibi, Hawazin; Tayyem, Reema; Al-Awwad, Narmeen; Qasrawi, Radwan; Allehdan, Sabika; Al Sabbah, Haleama; AlMajed, Sana; Al Hinai, Eiman; Kamel, Iman; El Ati, Jalila; Harb, Ziad; Hoteit, Maha
    During the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 2,542 dietitians (mean age?=?31.7?±?9.5; females: 88.2%) was launched in 10 Arab countries between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected using an online self-administrated questionnaire. Study findings showed that dietitians’ reliance on telenutrition increased by 11% during the pandemic, p?=?0.001. Furthermore, 63.0% of them reported adopting telenutrition to cover consultation activities. Instagram was the platform that was most frequently used by 51.7% of dietitians. Dietitians shouldered new difficulties in dispelling nutrition myths during the pandemic (58.2% reported doing so vs. 51.4% pre-pandemic, p?